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When NATO was founded in 1949, Sweden chose not to join. Instead, the country declared a security policy aiming for non-alignment in peace and neutrality in war. [5] Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during the Cold War. [2]
No countries have left NATO since its founding, although France withdrew from NATO unified command between 1966 and 2009. Currently, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization now covers a total area of 27,580,492 km 2 (10,648,887 sq mi), since the accession of Sweden on 7 March 2024.
In 1949, Sweden chose not to join NATO and declared a security policy aiming for non-alignment in peace and neutrality in war. ... (MAP), the first step in joining NATO.
Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment with major ...
Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its next-to-last hurdle when Turkey’s parliament gave its go-ahead to let the Nordic country into the alliance. All ...
English: Ratification map for the accession of Sweden to NATO. Countries that have ratified Sweden's accession to NATO are shown in yellow. Allied countries that haven't yet ratified Sweden's accession to NATO are shown in red.
On Jan. 23, Turkish legislators voted in favor of Sweden’s membership in NATO. To let Sweden join, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put forth a series of conditions including a tougher ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R), applaud during the NATO ratification ceremony at the US State Department, as Sweden formally joins the North ...